Please note that due to the rescheduling of AESCON, this programme is indicative and will be subject to modifications.
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PROGRAMME
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Day 1 | Opening Day | Wednesday, September 23
Park Hotel Alexandra, 323 Alexandra Road, Singapore
13:00
Registration
14:00
Opening Ceremony
Welcome
Barbara Plinkert, European Union Ambassador to Singapore
Keynote
Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador-at-Large for Connectivity, European External Action Service
Opening remarks
Sun Xiangyang, Acting Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation
Koji Hachiyama, Chief Operating Officer, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Miao Lu, Co-founder and Vice-President, Center for China and Globalization
Setting the scene
Ana Rita Neves; William Becker, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Panel: Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity: A way forward
Chair: Barbara Plinkert, European Union Ambassador to Singapore
Ivan Velimir Starčević, Ambassador of Croatia to Malaysia
Yorizumi Watanabe, Emeritus Professor, Keio University, Japan
Shada Islam, Director of Europe and Geopolitics, Friends of Europe
Jesper Thomsen, Connectivity Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
17:10
Poster pitches
17:30
Opening of the Poster Exhibition *
18:00
Welcome Cocktail hosted by the EU
20:00
End of Opening Day
Day 2 | Scientific Sessions | Thursday, September 24
Asia-Europe Foundation, 31 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore
09:00
Morning Keynote
Sustaining our common future: pathways for a zero-emission transition
Sam Cross, Manager of the Aalto Energy Platform, Aalto University, Finland
09:30
Political Connectivity
Chair: Bart Gaens, Project Director and Senior Research Fellow, The Finish Institute of International Studies
An inquiry into synergies and tensions between the EU’s Connectivity Strategy and China’s BRI
Constantin Holzer, University College Cork, Ireland
Asia Europe Connectivity: Converging the Regulatory Standards and Sustainable Financing
Anita Prakash, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia
EU and ASEAN Cooperation on Sustainable Development: towards an alignment of regional actions plans?
Meï-Line Le Goueff-Duong, University of Poitiers, France
A Dark Side of Connectivity: Authoritarian Image Management & Extraterritorial Repression
Alexander Dukalskis, University College Dublin, Ireland
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Policy Instruments for Sustainable Connectivity
Chair: Ana Rita Neves, Policy analyst, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
Emissions embodied in international trade in the Asia-Europe context
Igor Makarov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Partnership for Sustainability between Smallholders in Asia and Corporations in Europe
Bustanul Arifin; Novi Rosanti; Hanung Ismono, University of Lampung (UNILA), Indonesia
Green finance the temporal limits of global environmental change
Catherine Mei Ling Wong, University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg
The alignment of Chinese financing with the Paris Agreement: propaganda, aspiration or reality?
Mario Esteban Rodriguez, Autonomous University of Madrid, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain
13:00
Lunch Break
14:30
Trade and Investment
Chair: Abdul Kaium Masud, Associate Professor, Noakhali Science and Technology University
Enhancing Trade and Investment Facilitation for Global Value Chain Integration in Europe and Asia
Eleonora Salluzzi, International Trade Centre
The Role of Global Value Chains to Strengthening the Connectivity between Europe and Asia
Cungki Kusdarjito, Janabadra University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Coffee and Cocoa Connection: I-EU CEPA Potential Impact to Indonesian Farmers
Felippa Amanta, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies, Indonesia
15:40
Coffee Break
16:00
Belt and Road Initiative
Chair: Nicola Bianchi, Scientific attaché, Embassy of Italy to the Republic of Singapore
Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Perception Survey of Asian Opinion Leaders
Pradumna B. Rana; Wai-Mun Chia; Xianbai Ji, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Achieving complex development goals along China’s Digital Silk Road
Kevin Hernandez, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom
China’s Investment in EU Ports: Assessing Geo-Economic Implications of the BRI in Maritime Europe
Alessandro Albana, University of Bologna, Italy
Paving the road to peace and prosperity? Understanding the conflict impact of infrastructure
Pascal Abb, Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Austria
China’s Belt and Road Initiative 2.0: Promoting Peace and Security in Myanmar?
Cao Jiahan, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies (SIIS), China
Chinese Corporate Social Responsibilities in BRI: a peace-building mechanism?
May Tan-Mullins, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
19:00
Social Dinner hosted by ERIA
Day 3 | Scientific Sessions | Friday, September 25
Asia-Europe Foundation, 31 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore
09:00
Morning Keynote
Roland Roesch, Deputy Director of the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre
09:30
Transport Connectivity
Chair: William Becker, Senior Researcher, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
The Eurasian Landbridge: implications of linking East Asian and Europe by rail
Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide, Australia
Climate-Neutral Maritime Connectivity between Europe and Asia
Plamen Tonchev, Institute of International Economic Relations, Greece
Air transport connectivity between Asia and Europe
Panayotis Christidis, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre; Alloysius Joko Purwanto, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Can Open Skies Agreement Make the Sustainable Development Regime of EU-Asia Civil Aviation Market?
Jiangtian Xu, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Aerotropolis: At what cost, to whom?
Ellen Putri Edita, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Energy Markets
Chair: Christopher Len, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Publications, National University of Singapore
Moving towards the creation of regional “clean energy“ grids: ASEAN and EU models and perspectives to enhance their energy cooperation
Fabio Indeo, Nato Defense College Foundation, Italy
Local electricity market projects in China and the EU – A comparative perspective
Helena Uhde, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at Beijing Institute of Technology, China
International (inter)connectivity via interconnectors? Gas and energy market ramifications
Konrad Zawodzinski, Kozminski University, Poland
12:30
Lunch break
14:00
People-to-People Connectivity
Chair: Diana Zahorte, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Romania to the Republic of Singapore
EU-India Cooperation in Higher Education as an Enabler of the ASEM Sustainable Connectivity
Zane Šime, Latvian Political Science Association, Latvia
Implementation People-to-People Connectivity through SHARE Scholarship to strengthen ASEAN Identity
Missy Oktavia Manullang; Yuliana Prasetyawati, LPSR Communication & Business Institute, Indonesia
The Filipino Diaspora: A comparative analysis of OFW remittances from ASEAN and EU
Maria Angela Zafra, Strategia Development Research Institute, Inc.
Towards Inclusive City through Tourism Development: Quality of Job and Participation
Nadiya Pranindita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Strengthening connectivity to design special pilot zone for paludiculture development
Ibnu Budiman, Willy Daeli, Rizky Haryanto, World Resources Institute, Indonesia
Advancing of the sustainable connectivity through innovation: highlighting SDG9 and SDG17
Shruti Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Science; Manoj Prabhakar, Ericsson
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
Interactive session: Taking stock and moving forward
Interactive session with the audience on future directions in research to support Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity.
17:30
Closing
Anita Prakash, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia
Poster Exhibition *
1) Potential Effects of Tariff Liberalization within “EAEU+” Free Trade Agreements with Asian Countries
Ekaterina Arapova, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia
2) Pakistan’s relations with the EU and China: On the path towards sustainable connectivity
Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, Collegium Civitas, Poland
3) The collaboration on IT for cultural heritage in ASEAN
La or Kovavisaruch, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand
4) Bridge the Cross-Culture Understanding: Study Case of BIPA Darmasiswa Program in Ambon
Maria Martha Nikijuluw, Pattimura University, Indonesia
5) A Joint Belgium-Singapore Collaboration in Teaching Creativity Thinking in Pedagogy
Shaphyna Nacqiar Kader; Fun Man Fung; Jinlu Wu; Eu Jin Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Aaron Rosario Jeyaraj, Brown University, US; Jean-François Rees, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
6) Co-Creating Lightboard media for a Singapore-France Education Collaboration
Fun Man Fung; Christoph Zimmermann; Hui Ru Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Etienne Blanc; Xavier Coumoul, Université de Paris, France; Thierry Koscielniak, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
7) Co-Creating immersive 360° video media with a Singapore-France education collaboration
Christoph Zimmermann; Fun Man Fung, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Xavier Coumoul; Etienne Blanc, Université de Paris, France, Thierry Koscielniak, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France; Rainer Dumke, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
8) China-EU cooperation: Towards a green(er) energy scenario in Africa
Andrea Valente, Instituto do Oriente, Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal
9) Blockchain-based solution for the LNG industry; diversion clauses govern by smart contracts
Jean-Christophe Finidori, HODLNG, France
10) EURAXESS ASEAN – Linking researchers in ASEAN and Europe
Susanne Rentzow-Vasu, EURAXESS ASEAN
11) The Effect of Economic Distance and Trade Cost on India’s Trade Flows: An Application Modified Panel
Jadhav Chakradhar, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, India; Arun Kumar Bairawa, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India; Radika Kumar, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom